by PPN | Feb 26, 2021 | Missouri
Missouri’s Cap on Noneconomic Damages Heads to State’s Top Court • Damages cap previously held unconstitutional in common-law case • But lawmakers made malpractice statutory cause of action in 2015 By Mary Anne Pazanowski | February 17, 2021 9:34AM ET The...
by PPN | Feb 26, 2021 | Alabama
SOURCE: Opelika-Auburn News Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law Friday morning a liability shield for businesses, the medical community, churches and more from COVID-19-related lawsuits. SB30 is among the first bills this year sent to Ivey’s desk, who referred...
by PPN | Feb 26, 2021 | National
SOURCE: Medical Economics Medical Economics® sat down with David Feldman, M.D., chief medical officer of The Doctors Company Group, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, to discuss strategies for physicians to protect themselves from...
by PPN | Feb 26, 2021 | Alabama, Iowa, Missouri, National, Newsletter
Preventing pandemic liability risks Already a worry for physicians and health care providers, the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded liability risks – and the effects remain to be seen. An interview with David Feldman, MD, chief medical officer of The Doctors Company,...
by PPN | Jan 29, 2021 | National, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Likelihood of liability lawsuits in the age of COVID-19 Nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, liability protections for health care providers remain unresolved at the federal level. Health care and business groups, including the HCLA and its member organizations,...
